Electoral system principles as expressed by the Parliamentary Committee to Reform Canada’s electoral system:

First Principle: Canadians should believe that their intentions as voters are fairly translated into elections results, without (the) significant distortion that often characterizes elections conducted under the First-Past-The-Post system.

Second Principle: Canadians’ confidence needs to be restored in their ability to influence politics and in their belief that their vote is meaningful.

Third Principle: Reforms need to increase diversity in the House of Commons and politics more broadly.

Fourth Principle: The chosen reform can’t make the electoral system more complex.

Fifth Principle: Voting needs to be user-friendly and accessible.

Sixth Principle: Maintain the vital local connection an MP has with their constituents.

Seventh Principle: It needs to be secure and verifiable.

Eighth Principle: Canadians need to be inspired to find common ground and consensus.

Appendix B:

The Broadbent Institute report on Canadian Electoral Reform lists five goals Canadians most value in an electoral system:

1. the ballot is simple and easy to understand;

2. the system produces stable and strong government;

3. the system allows you to directly elect MPs who represent your community;

4. the system ensures that the government has MPs from each region of the country; and

5. the system ensures that the number of seats [or Parliamentary Votes] held by a party in Parliament closely matches their actual level of support throughout the country. (Broadbent Institute, 2015, p.21)

Appendix C:

If the 2015 federal election was held under the Single Member Party Proportional electoral system, in alphabetical order the results would be as follows: